Saffron finch

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Saffron finch
Male, Brazil
Female
Song

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Sicalis
Species:
S. flaveola
Binomial name
Sicalis flaveola
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Fringilla flaveola Linnaeus, 1766

juvenile male
In the Pantanal, Brazil

The saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) is a

Emberizidae but it is close to the seedeaters
.

Taxonomy

The saffron finch was

type locality is Suriname.[4] The saffron finch is now placed in the genus Sicalis that was introduced in 1828 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.[5][6]

Five subspecies are recognised:[6]

  • S. f. flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) – Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas
  • S. f. valida Bangs & Penard, TE, 1921 – Ecuador and northwest Peru
  • S. f. brasiliensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) – east Brazil
  • S. f. pelzelni Sclater, PL, 1872 – east Bolivia, Paraguay, southeast Brazil, north Argentina and Uruguay
  • S. f. koenigi Hoy, G, 1978 – northwest Argentina

Description

The male is bright yellow with an orange crown which distinguishes it from most other yellow finches (the exception being the orange-fronted yellow finch). The females are more difficult to identify and are usually just a slightly duller version of the male, but in the southern subspecies S. f. pelzelni they are olive-brown with heavy dark streaks.

Breeding

Typically

nesting season, and territorial, which has led to the species being used for blood sporting with two males put in a cage in order to fight.[7][8]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723346A132162254.en
    . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1766). Systema naturae : per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 1 (12th ed.). Holmiae (Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii. p. 321.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 126.
  5. ^ Boie, Friedrich (1828). "Bemerkungen über mehrere neue Vogelgattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 21. Cols 312–328 [324].
  6. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  7. ISBN 978-85-61368-00-5
    , page 134
  8. ^ Peters, Sharon (9 March 2010). "Authorities crack down on finch-fighting rings". USA Today. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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